Overshoe for horses.



J. P. HERMAN.

OVERSHOE FOR HORSES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 1912.

1,0969 12, v Patented May 19, 191

TTOR/VEY lE STATES ATENT FEM].

JOSEPH F. HERMAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO BERNADETTE M. HERMAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

OVERSI-IOE FOR HORSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed January 29, 1912. Serial No. 674,068.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn F. HERMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at M20 Pennsylvania avenue nortlr west, lVashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ()vershocs for Horses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful ilnproven'ients in overshocs for horses and has for its object to provide a device of this character that will be capable of adjustinent to the hoof of any horse; one that is simple in construction; cheap to manufacture; and one that can be positively locked to a horses hoott' and thereby prevented "from working loose and becoming lost, as sometimes occurs.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horses hoot showing my improved overshoe applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved overshoe. Fig. 3 is a detail frontview of one of the toe stays and a portion of the plate and showing the manner of attaching it thereto. Fig. .t is a side elevational view of the parts shown in Fig. 3, with the straps omitted, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing a modified form of heel stay.

1 designates a horses hoof provided with a horse shoe 2 to which is held the plate 3 of my improved overshoe, which plate is pro vided with anti-slipping devices comprising the toe call: t, side calks 5 and heel calks 6.

7 designates a stud located behind the toe call: for strengthening the same and 8 indicates a bead also formed behind the toe call: at its point of junction with the plate 3 to prevent ice and snow from collecting therein, as would be the case if a sharp angle were formed. To prevent any longitudinal movement of the overshoe when in place a stud 9 is cast on the upper side of the toe portion of the plate 3 which abuts against the inner surface of the over-shoe, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Projecting from the ends of the toe call: t are two lugs 10 provided with enlarged elongated heads 11, which lugs are adapted to rcccivi and hold thereon the toe stays 12. These toe stays 12, being made of malleable iron to permit adjustment to the shape of the hoof, form part of the means for locking the over-shoe to the hoot. Said means consists of links provided at their lower ends with elongated eyelets 3"), which are adapted to engage the lugs 10, and at their upper ends with strap retaining portions 14. These links are preferably formed as shown and by reason of having the eyelets and strap retaining portions in the same plane, may he thereby more snugly and neatly fitted to the hoof. The strap retaining portions ar adapted to receive and to hold the strap 15, riveted as at 16 to form a flexible connection between the upper ends of the toe stays. In attaching the toe stays to the plate they are first brought to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the elongated eyelets 13 are pushed over the elongated heads 11 ot' the lugs 10 and the toe stays are then swung around to their upper position. lVhen in their upper position it will be seen by reason of the elongated eyelets being held at right angles to elongated heads of the lugs 10, that the toe stays will be locked thereto and yet by reason of the loose connection at their lower ends and flexible connection at their upper ends said members are capable of a universal movement which is advantageous to the proper fit of an o ershoe to a horses boot.

The heel stay 17, formed on the plate 3 and extending rearwardly therefrom is preferably of the shape shown and comprises the flat portions 18 tapering into the lateral portions 19 joined at their upper ends by a connection 20 at the under side of which is provided a lug 91. This heel stay being formed with the strap retaining or yoke portion, is adapted to extend upwardly behind the heel of the horses hoof and being made of malleable iron may be bent to overshape. I

A fastening strap 22 provided with the buckle E23 and connected to the strap retaining portions 14 of the toe stays 12 is adapted to pass around the horses hoof and through the yoke of the heel stay 17 thereby securely locking the overshoe to the hoof as shown in Fig. 1.' It is not necessary to pass the strap through the yoke of the heel stay to lock the overshoe to the hoof as just.

described as the strap may pass around under the heel stay 17 as shown in Fig. 2 in which case the strap is held in position by the downwardly extending lug 21.

In fitting my overshoe to a horses hoof it is necessary only to place it under the horseshoe in the usual manner; the stud 9 abutting the inner and forward edge of the horseshoe; the strap being unbuckled and toe stays being swung in an outward position. when placed in its proper position the toe stays are swung in and the strap is adjusted, which will cause the heel stay to underlie and bind the middle of the heel of the horses hoof and the toe stays to bind the front of the hoof and lock the overshoe securely in place. By reason of the adjust ment and flexibility of the toe stays and by reason of the construction and positive locking of the heel stay, it will be seen that the overshoe will snugly fit the hoof, and in combination with the strap and locking stud, it will also be seen that the overshoe will be positively held to a horses hoof in a rigid manner.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the heel portions of theplate 3 are shown connected at 24 and the heel stay is formedof one piece projecting rearwardly therefrom and comprising the flat bent portion 25, tapering into the round portion 26 on the end of which is formed the strap retaining lug 27.-

From the foregoing it may beseen that on account of the plate, calks, lugs and heel stays being cast in one piece the cost of production will be greatly reduced and in the event of the same becoming useless through wear, it will be necessary to replace only that portion of the overshoe.

It is not to be understood that I limitmyself to the details of construction and arrangements of parts herein described and illustrated as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the fea tures of construction and arrangements in the adaptation of the device tovarious conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I, therefore, reserve the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

What I claim is 1. An overshoe for horses comprising a plate provided with toe and heel calks; toe

stays mounted on said toe calks; a heel stay 7 plate provided with toe and heel calks'; a

means mounted on said plate for strengthening saidtoe calk; toe stays mounted on said toe calks; a heel stay mounted on said plate adapted to underlie the heel of the hoof; and means connecting said toe and heel stays for holding saidovershoe to the hoof, substantlally as described.

3. An overshoe for horses comprising, a

member of substantially horseshoe configuration, said member having side portions and provided with flat portlo-ns which gradually merge into the side portions, a heel stay extending into said flat portions, the said overshoe adapted to underlie the ordinary shoe whereby the latter forms a'spacing element to hold said flat portions of the overshoe away from the frog of the hoof, toe stays supported bythe overshoe,-and adjustable means connecting the toe stays with the heelstay and adapted to embrace the hoof at a point above the overshoewhereby to hold the latter operatively supported upon the hoof.

4. An overshoe for horses comprising a flat member adapted to underlie the ordinary shoe, fiat portions extending toward each other from the opposite sides of the overshoe and at the heel end thereof, said flat portions terminatingin aheel stay, the ordinary shoe adapted to hold the flat portions of the overshoe spaced from the adjacent tender portions of the hoof, means ris ing from the overshoe atthe sides thereof and adjacent'to the toe end, and meansinterlaced With the heel stay and adjustably associated with the first means and adapted to embrace the hoof so as to hold the overshoe operatively supported thereon.

5. An overshoe for horses comprising a member of substantially horseshoe configu ration, a heel stay rising from said member,

adjacent to the toe end thereof, elongated heads formed on the studs andlying longitudinally with the plane of said member,

stays movably associated with the studsand provided at their lower ends with elongated apertures adapted to receive the elongated heads of the studs therethrough when the toe stays are adjusted against the sides of the overshoe, portions of the elongated MAN, have signed my name to this speeilr heads of the studs adapted to over-extend the when 1n the presence of two subsenbmg srdes of szucl apertures 011 other acl uStecl p0- wltnesses, th1s 29 day of Jan, 1912.

sitions of the toe stays, and adjustable heo'f JOSEPH F. HERMAN, i5 embracing means between the heel stay and lVitnesses:

the tee stays. E. G. THOMAS,

In testimony whereof, I, J OSEPII F. Hnw J 01m 11. HAWKINS.

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